Green Infrastructure for Sustainable Urban Development in Africa

Green infrastructure is physical infrastructure which balances the needs of societies, economies and the natural environment. Africa’s fast-growing towns and cities have the opportunity to build green infrastructure because to a large extent they do not have existing sunken investments in unsustainable infrastructure, as Western towns and cities do. _x005F_x005F_x000D_ This book shows for the first time how green infrastructure can work in an African urban context, using Ethiopian experiences which align infrastructure development with African society and culture. Indigenous African solutions can mediate the use of natural resources including land, energy and water to provide economic growth with social equity.